jueves, junio 30, 2005

¿Y si una pareja gay casada en España emigra a México?

¿Será discriminada? Es decir... ¿su matrimonio civil no sería reconocido por el gobierno, las empresas? Andrew Sullivan comenta sobre las mayorías que han votado sobre el tema en Canadá, España y el Reino Unido, y además, la políticas de emigración y las preguntas que más temprano que tarde llegarán a todas partes. Lo pego completo:

NOW SPAIN: The marriage movement continues to accelerate across the civilized world. Notice the democratically elected majorities - 158 to 133 in Canada's parliament, 187 - 147 in Spain's, 391 - 49 in Britain's (the Brits call civil marriages for gays "civil partnerships," but they are all but identical in substance). Christianist Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council said of the Canadian decision, supported by a majority in the polls: "Similar to tactics here in the U.S., the move for gay 'marriage' in Canada was driven by a small minority and liberal activist judges." And a parliamentary and popular majority, Mr Perkins. And please refrain from those scare quotes around the term "marriage." Whether Perkins likes it or not, there are now no differences between gay and straight marriages in Spain, Canada, Holland, Belgium and Massachusetts. His scare quotes - and those routinely used by the Washington Times - apply to heterosexual couples as well. Are their marriages now phony, according to the religious right? One question will also soon emerge. In a while, many married Canadians or Spanish or Dutch or Brits may want to work or immigrate in the U.S. or have employers or universities over here eager for their skills and ability. But the immigration services won't recognize their spouses. Are we soon to have a policy of family break-up in immigration policy? Or a de facto policy of refusing to let foreign gay couples immigrate? Or indeed married couples where one is, say, Spanish and one American, and only the American can live in the U.S.? The reputation of this country as a place of non-discrimination, already tarred by formal discrimination against foreigners with HIV, will inevitably suffer.

1 comentario:

Anónimo dijo...

Yo me he preguntado eso desde el primer momento que se comenzó a discutir la ley en España. Es tan interesante y la reacción lógica y (obviamente la que espero) es que simplemente se generalice mundialmente los matrimonios gays. Además creo que como la reforma española lo vuelve completamente matrimonio, cualquier convenio, tratado, etc que tenga españa con cualquier otro país para los matrimonios heterosexuales, desde ayer se aplican para los homosexuales también.